And other of his conquer'd kingdoms, I Demand the like. Mec. He'll never yield to that. Cas. Nor must not then be yielded to in this. Enter OCTAVIA. Oct. Hail, Cæsar, and my lord! hail, most dear Cæsar! Oct. You have not call'd me so, nor have you cause. Cas. Why have you stolen upon us thus? You come not Like Cæsar's sister: The wife of Antony Should have an army for an usher, and The neighs of horse to tell of her approach, Long ere she did appear; the trees by the way, Oct. Good my lord, To come thus was I not constrain'd, but did it Cas. Which soon he granted, Being an abstruct + 'tween his lust and him. Cas. I have eyes upon him, And his affairs come to me on the wind. Where is he now? Oct. My lord, in Athens. Cas. No, my most wrong'd sister; Cleopatra Hath nodded him to her. He hath given his empire Up to a whore; who now are levying The kings o' the earth for war: he hath assembled Of Cappadocia; Philadelphos, king Of Paphlagonia; the Thracian king, Adallas: Oct. Ah me, most wretched, That have my heart parted betwixt two friends, Cas. Welcome hither: *Show, token. † Being the abstraction of one impediment. Your letters did withhold our breaking forth; Hold unbewail'd their way. Welcome to Rome: Of us, and those that love you. Best of comfort; Agr. Welcome, lady. Mec. Welcome, dear madam. Each heart in Rome does love and pity you: In his abominations, turns you off; And gives his potent regiment * to a trull, Oct. Is it so, Sir? Cas. Most certain. Sister, welcome: Pray you, Be ever known to patience: My dearest sister! [Exeunt, SCENE VII-ANTONY'S Camp near the Promontory of Actium. Enter CLEOPATRA and ENOBARBUS. Cleo. I will be even with thee, doubt it not. Eno. But why, why, why? Cleo. Thou hast forespoket my being in these wars; And say'st, it is not fit. Eno. Well, is it, is it? Cleo. Is't not? Denounce against us, why should not we Be there in person? Eno. [Aside]. Well, I could reply : If we should serve with horse and mares together, The horse were merely lost; the mares would bear A soldier, and his horse. Cleo. What is 't you say? Eno. Your presence needs but puzzle Antony; Take from his heart, take from his brain, from his time, What should not then be spared. He is already Traduced for levity; and 'tis said in Rome, That Photinus a eunuch, and your maids, Manage this war. Cleo. Sink Rome; and their tongues rot, That speak against us! A charge we bear i' the war, And, as the president of my kingdom, will Appear there for a man. Speak not against it; I will not stay behind. Eno. Nay, I have done: Here comes the emperor. * Government, Enter ANTONY and CANIDIUS. Ant. Is 't not strange, Canidius, That from Tarentum, and Brundusium, He could so quickly cut the Ionian sea, * And take in Toryne?-You have heard on't, sweet? Than by the negligent. Ant. A good rebuke, Which might have well becomed the best of men, To taunt at slackness.-Canidius, we Will fight with him by sea. Cleo. By sea! What else? Can. Why will my lord do so? Ant. Fort he dares us to't. Eno. So hath my lord dared him to single fight. Eno. Your ships are not well mann'd : Your mariners are muleteers, reapers, people Are those, that often have 'gainst Pompey fought: Ant. By sea, by sea. Eno. Most worthy Sir, you therein throw away Ant. Ill fight at sea. Cleo. I have sixty sails, Cæsar none better. And, with the rest full-mann'd, from the head of Actium Enter a MESSENGER. We then can do't at land. Thy business? Mess. The news is true, my lord; he is descried: Cæsar has taken Toryne. Ant. Can he be there in person? 'tis impossible; Strange that his power should be. | Canidius, Our nineteen legions thou shalt hold by land, And our twelve thousand horse :-We'll to our ship; Enter a SOLDIER. Away, my Thetis! How now, worthy soldier ? * Take. + Because. + Pressed in haste. § Light. I! (There). Sold. O noble emperor, do not fight by sea; The sword, and these my wounds? Let the Egyptians, Have used to conquer, standing on the earth, Ant. Well, well, away. [Exeunt ANTONY, CLEOPATRA, and ENOBARBUS. Sold. By Hercules, I think, I am i' the right. And we are women's men. Sold. You keep by land The legions and the horse whole, do you not? Publicola, and Cælius, are for sea: But we keep whole by land. This speed of Cæsar's Sold. While he was yet in Rome, His power went out in such distractions,* as Beguiled all spies. Can. Who's his lieutenant, hear you? Sold. They say, one Taurus. Can. Well I know the man. Enter a MESSENGER. Mess. The emperor calls for Canidius. Can. With news the time's with labour; and throes forth, Each minute, some. SCENE VIII.—A plain near Actium. Enter CESAR, TAURUS, Officers and others. Cæs. Taurus, Taur. My lord. Cas. Strike not by land; keep whole : [Exeunt. Provoke not battle, till we have done at sea. Our fortune lies upon this jump. [Exeunt. Enter ANTONY and ENOBARBUS. Ant. Set we our squadron on yon side o' the hill In eye of Cæsar's battle; from which place [Exeunt. And so proceed accordingly. Enter CANIDIUS, marching with his Land Army one Way over the Stage; and TAURUS, the Lieutenant of CAESAR, the other Way. After their going in, is heard the Noise of a Sea-Fight. Alarum. Re-enter ENOBARBUS. Eno. Naught, naught, all naught! I can behold no longer : The Antoniad, † the Egyptian admiral, With all their sixty, fly, and turn the rudder; To see 't, mine eyes are blasted. *Detachments. The name of Cleopatra's ship. Enter SCARUS. Scar. Gods, and goddesses, All the whole synod of them! Scar. The greater cantle* of the world is lost Eno. How appears the fight? Scar. On our side like the token'd† pestilence, Eno. That I beheld: mine eyes Did sicken at the sight on't, and could not Scar. She once being loof'd, || The noble ruin of her magic, Antony, Claps on his sea-wing, and like a doting mallard, Eno, Alack, alack! Enter CANIDIUS. Can. Our fortune on the sea is out of breath, And sinks most lamentably. Had our general Been what he knew himself, it had gone well; O, he has given example for our flight, Most grossly, by his own. Eno. Ay, are you thereabouts? Why then, good night Indeed. Can. Towards Peloponnesus are they fled. What further comes. Can. To Cæsar will I render My legions, and my horse; six kings already Show me the way of yielding. Eno. I'll yet follow The wounded chance of Antony, though my reason Sits in the wind against me. [Aside. [Exeunt. SCENE IX-Alexandria. A Room in the Palace. Enter ANTONY and ATTENDANTS. Ant. Hark, the land bids me tread no more upon 't, Have lost my way for ever :-I have a ship |